Course Title: Pakistan Studies (Pak301)
Lecture No. 5: MAJOR POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS 1857-1918
	Introduction	War of Independence of 1857	Partition of Bengal: 1905 & its annulment in 1911	The Simla Deputation 1906
	The Muslim League	Lucknow Pact, 1916	Conclusion
Introduction
This Chapter deals with the era of 1857 to 1918 in the subcontinent. This period set the foundation of later major political and constitutional changes in the British Raj. That's why the study of this period is crucial to understand the history of the British India. Some important issues of that period have already been discussed in the previous lectures. A brief reference to events in historical context are given: Decline after the 1857 Uprising Sir Syed and his colleagues’ efforts for revival Removal of misunderstanding between the Muslims and the British Educational movement or acquisition of modern knowledge and English Hindi-Urdu Controversy was the issue that unearthed the hatred and enmity of Hindu community towards the Muslims. Formation of the Congress was a method to incorporate the Muslims in Hinduism. It popularized the politics of agitation that Muslims could not afford because they were still recovering the past gaps. Hindu Revivalist movements mostly targeted the Muslims that accelerated the pace of widening the gulf between the two nations.
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